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frame it into a more compact form, from which alone its operations could derive energy and strength, while, at the same. time, correelives should be ap plied to whatever abu , ,es existed atid called for cc.r- Teaion. To these important objets the attention of Mr. Stout and Mr. Frere were unremittingly directed. Perhaps men had been led to expect too mach when tt.3y first contemplated. and were dazzled by the splendour, the glory, the Majes ty of the Spanish cause. They may have ima gined that the, Government . should have -burst into Cull and nature perfection. But . tle.y . might have reflected that such was not the ordinary' course Of human affairs ; thAt instead of such rapid strides towards perfection on such "occasions, we otter) 05- serve rather something. of a retrograde movement befime they advance again, and - Atitenately reach' that point' of perfection to which they, aspire. • This; therefore, was a work which it - could, not be expected that the efforts of, Mr. Stuart could have suddenly achieved. He was successful, how ever to a great degree., Some sort of concentra tion of union of ettorts was accemplislkl, and a shadow,,at least, of an executive Government . was formed. Mr. Frere, on his arrival,' . fotld . this ‘verk begpn, and, added :his zealous abet - indefatigeule asststapce. But' Whilt was, a British, 'Minister to .do ? Was 'be . :to attempt changes and al terations, or the intrdcfudtion of any" form of GovernMent but that which he fount established ? The Junta promised to take his suggestions into 'con- • sideratioh, and as early as Aptil, 1808, they an nounced their intention of surrendering the power with which they were . invested. This was a great and an unusual effort on their part. Men armed with power are not alWay 5 over eager to part with it, or the first' to - discover - their Insufficiency to exercise it. They aro. usually -ot that, sdhook of philosophers whose doetrine is postpone.,.,to posipone. their reformation to thd next clay. — Bet is British Gevernment to bla.tne on this sCcoent ? or would, it have been prudent in 'them, . had they the pewer of doing so, to destroy the existing_ order of things, in their eagerness to reach a More : : pure and 'perfe6t form of Goverieneut Were they to excite . jealousies and suspicions Nt hich might en danger the harmony, and defeat the,obje6 , ts of the , alliance; 'When, Lord 'Wellington approaChed Spain, the Junta was on a very different 'footing from what it was'‘vh , n'Oen. Mi'parlfentered that total.' try. They had egitibited sy:nlitorps of iv I ty, and.tnergy th 4. had refitted their armies.after„ repeated defeiits, - ability to COm.. , rn ., tid and pnktiVe tlierefore the :duty of Lord Welliti . gtB'n . .iq sniipose re! to perfOrni the functiens of 'fi Get/erten - 04; „but the INOblLt .. Mitreeti r istnilre that;, insinuate s teat he . took no precatitiens, What ! had hi. trot applied to, the. British Mhilster ?: 'it'df:aP'plid to :the Spanish . GoVe'r'%inieAt';!(l' to pie - e4e and for, ward to hitn - theuppl'es' - oi ot:WhlCti, his army stood in need In'co;isequence - Of thee. . applicatiOns, orders were issued to forkyard the ne cessary supplies ; arid was io'Su§peeit, - " after - the - proofs he had witnessed of t 2Ea_EtaitY cif theßtnia•to supply and refit their own armies? that 'they would be wanting in dispnsitton or in' po'sver - to see their or ders duly executed?' But the ehar'aeter of the•Spa 'nish armies should have 'made him slow to co-operate with them. His first knOwleticie Of these armies he prevailed derived from the 'generalopinion - whiCh o tl.em at' the time, not' trom . any observation or experience of ills own. He' intrusted to' Spanish troops the defence of - the 'Pas'stat . P.,;noS, because they were found peculiarly well qualified for the de fence of strong positions: Besides, - in for Mer ser vices of that nature they had acquired great credit. But he should not have confided in General Ctiesta; - after the opininfi Mr. Frere had given of his cha ra,:ier.--When Lord W. had first to a& in concert with that General, his character stood high in Spain. He had - Powerful party in the country in his favour, and his very reputation for a dislike- to the Govern ment might have been a motive with him to exert• all his ine3ns to procure st;ce.ess, :as that would 1 stringthen pretensions, aid give 'him authority to insist on iinprovemerfts . in the frame of the Go vernment. Lord Wellington had therefore every reason to rely on his spirit, and-on the sitieerity of his co-operation. The Noble -Margins had next arraigned' the arrangements which . *Loro Wel ins- ton had made to . . put his plan into execution. — Now what was the great talent of ra General, that which especially' ehna6lerised the ta'aits of . the French Generals.?---Was it not to attack and defeat Separate corps of the - artily they had - to Contend' with This was the line pursued by Lord ViCtor's corps was separate, and the p 1 46 of Lord Wellington was to attack it on the 22d. drat latest on the 23d, July, and :as. tar as he - was concerned; his plan tui4ht have''been executed, „and' was'-with success. Victor had but .2 8,001.) men. The allied arotiesthen amOuined'lO 58,000. Sonrr, MOrtiet and Ney, '.ere at the distance of tso - niiles:from Vic.to'r.' How could have suspected that. Gene ral. Cuesta would have refused .with such a superio tity of force to attack - the enemy Oh that day ? At that time the ,detence of the Piss of Banos Was not so. necessary ; for, frOm the distance at which the different corps of the French army were from the allied fOrcei at that time, nothing Was. to be apprehended from them. The Noble Marquis spoke iii very generous and liberal terms of the conduct or army, and of tie General - .who commanded it at'Tala+era, but the result, he' contended, was most fatal. , He could not ; how ever, agree with the Noble Martinis, that the ge - peral.tesuit of- that battle wits so trustless and Alor tunate as it had been deStrili:d. , It ,horrid be recolle6t that the first result of Lord W.'s.plan was the delivery Of Pot rugatiand - the space of tine it had since 'afforded for the imprOveinent - of, the -Portuguese Ariny, and even of t tie . -Poitugiiese .Goveilnitent, of theiesources'nt the calmly in every 'reipea. . The secOtid restilt 'was tie evacuation of Gallicia, which eiiittiled us . to -atilkt-ke.,Spatiisti ships at FerrOl and at Carthagena. - 13C•Sitiesl-we're it not ft* the'contra dietory ordei-, 11;iliunfill 'might have been saved, arid the •Soliillerik Proince% ti,e position; MU:rem:et - , sCiftrelt Lord Welling. ton took up at BadaStri;' enetrry • were deterred' from venturing Ori'• rid ni64iznent to :the . Bnuth, and,h,td he been seconded in his plans'', none Of the unfortunate events that lead lately t4ken - place would have happened: Whatever fhe 'a . vo%;i•ed motive of B nonaparie might be rdl nivading 'Spain, his reatune was to get pos , ession of hei navel means; that he might tur n AT.OnSt Great Britain ; and in .our. •,, _ exertions to , prevent this, we petrorrned not 'rnr..'re.fy au act of generosity to Spain, but were pui suing a course' essential • , : to our own security, to our very existence as a [tat -and our yorpose 'might , yet be accom,plished. fje serve that there was Still life in Spain, and as.:lnng as that fife was aniniaied by such a spirit as prevailed, he should continue to support, her to the last hOur, not merely from the impulse of an exalted generosity, but from the conviethin, that with her fate our own was m tterially blended. ,\lre should, therefore continue our assistance to the last Monient .that the spirit of Spain so revived. For his part he should anxiO.uslx hang over her wound , „ soothe their smart, and wst , ,Ch the depaiture of . her last breath, and the extindion of the vital spark of her patriotic courage. He felt what he said; the Cause lie was •pleading was alike that of 'interest and of honour, arid as such it, should be milintained-to the last. The' Noble Marquis here concluded a speech equally dis tinguiShed for fervency of eloquence-and cogency ,of argninent,andYof 'which we profess to inße given, but ai%ery faint 'and inadequate outline- . 'Lord...ll4mA said, he did not take thelueition up in the same matiner,as'the NOble MarqUis. , He Was impressed with the eloqueii! de , cription given of the. hotioer; grandeur, and dignity of the Sp this cause., Btu tie 'question was, whether-. the rriea sures of Government ..had ,been apprieable to the s: rvice we: had engaged, to; perform, - and whe ther Ministers' did, not ' trifle with-4the.'expec . tAtons.and feelings' of the pUblic, 'by wantonly s.icrificing Lim . blood and treasure of the country, Lordship then in it long and animated speech contended, that-the independence'Of Spain 1: Ad nut been' properly'-promoted, and that the -cause, had better .be' relinquished, it : Ministers were de. termitied on .measures which could not .fail to•'bring on calamities and dreadful consequences. 'Lord Rolland supported' the motion, as did 'also Lord D : trilley and Lord Vosslyn. ',Lord Ross cietende4 the line of conduct pursued b' Niiiiistol. ) as did Lord Boringskott.; and LorciSid 4tinutli also speke.against the motion. • Kheir, Lordships divided, when their numbers Wyro;7--- . Contents . . ' 40, eroXies' • . . . 33 : . • • 'lota . • —73 • Noacciittento . • • • 74 • P Nit tea .• 4j. Total -139 lqaptity against the motion . 66' . Adj6ui7ted'at Three &Clock this titornin o o• - F. , 4); , t; % t! :HOUSE OF COMMONS, :* • . • - FRIDAY, JUNE 8. DlNl , Asibrought up the Rcport of the Bill t t or Tay ng a Daty:ott Coitls brought to Loodotiby inladd navik4tioti; which was • agred to, and tire' sill ordered to iiefeai a"tlll44fiine tO.ruotrow, as wat also the Arr4.l,96athitttilil. - •.. , Cl-i4TiVeztilLh' Do NA TtoNs, The' Order,Of;ttie, IY1 . ;,- being read f or t h e H ous e to res into n Committee on the Chdritable Dohalio Bill,- - LIiEIiP6RCE . oid a he Lifought in, the Bill in' conse itteorre of pilvitiginfortna lion, ,which he re .. . re ceive tem', vat ions quarters ; of frauds which. had been tised, and abuses 'oat prevaileci,'with re sped to estates left ''tbr Charitable,puryoses. - . He, hOweveributid - that a great variety opinions pre vailed on the sliblea aS"to the mode of Correqting the evil, and therefore:he-was anxioas that it should be dolt' considered, 'and heexpressed his earnest desire that the House sriOuld keep its attention fixed on the business; as beitigthe' guardians of the poor, and see that the money'left to charitable institutions should be properly and'jukly ajslllied . He Would not press the Bill the present' Cession, 'but moved that it be committed this tlree months, which was agreed to. — z _ ' PETITIONt. - Mr. joktw• SMITH presented- a Petition from the Cour]lyat Nottingham, -signed by 4000 persons, praying for the .of Sir Fr.intis -Burdett and Gale Jones, and, for Parliamentary Reform, which was ordered to- be laid on ilie.table. Mr. CAI,CRAFT said, he• htld, in his hand a simi-' lar Pet►tion.. from several respedable persons in the city of Rocheste He - Er istect - there was a truce With respect to'. the' teje Lti lig the , Petitions of the people, and that he .;shoulo hear twilling farther of vernal criticism.--4le then brought up. the Petition, which was read.= by.. the Clerk; and• was laid on the table• STANIFORTH .presented an.Addresq and-De duration fron - La numlie't ,of persons,- in. Kin4ston.- upon-Hult, sunilar tO•the Cbuinerlic. , :laration from. the ,City.. of London, which was laid Upon the table, . .c,ommITTE . , Mr.,IionNAR. brought•up the Report •of.the Bul lion.'Commi.ttee, .which was. ordered ,to be laid on the table. The Hon. Member .observed, that -it .N,vas. too late in the present Sesiion to take the report.itito .consideration,,but he would more early in the 'next, that it should be taken into the ..most serious con-.. sideration of the How: :it was,a•suOjeCtof a.l great importance as any that related to OA don3estic.eco nomy of the country, as affecting' . .s.tti s oininerce, and in whioa not only the .Govertiinent ~wits . in terested, but .also evei'y class of •th&ci.nutnunitx.. It was unmixed with any- party consideration what-. ever, and demanded the sericitts. at.lsntioh. of Varna- , menr, He concluded by moving that the Report be printed, which , was ordered accordingly. LIUERTY Ul doiseltiNcE. WHITBREA D &lid, he' held in his hand two . Pet - itions one sitr o ued'bi a few Prote6rtts, and the.. other by severalrespedable . Protestants and Roman Catholics, prayrit oa: • those Penal 'Acts rnighi be • repealed - wlriC:3 militated. against the liberty of con- • science. lie accordingly ptt;sented one .of the Pe- • titions, Wlrtctl. NVas'read ',by the' Clerk: the Ho nourable Gentleman .said;' lie entirety 'concurred 'with' every gentence. contained the Petition: It Was the,. duty? of 'every. man to 'conduct. hinb•elf throu;hlite in the most, hlarneleii and innocent. ihanner4idssible, and hekneW off' no bajid witefeby 'any mati . shOt.ild d)tercie'a dbmhtion. - pirer en her , the 'ruiiid or the religious opinions of another,.nor could a , -any .Such be "exercised' by Govertitnek, ‘.tAr,ept whet& religion was . set, up to .overifirOw the duty of :the State. ; i - le'akt**ed the advricates for ilbefty• of conwience, that iii 'Conforming to) heir wisi;i:s., to have the penal reitri6tioils against refiiiun l'emoyed, would ngi be Incompatible witli the flourishi.4", state 'of the 'Country. He 'felt that i.e :had been 'sejett . to:tiresen t`these petitlo w h i ere put into his hand by a venerable and worthy characa ter, Mr. Wyvil, who enforced the purest doctrines, and aced up to them, and who had spent a labori ous, useful, industrious, and innocent life in the mostiatidable pursuits, the remnant of which would be sweetened, if he was instrumental in having these restriaiOns removeda- , i 'rhea. Petition was ordered to be l a id on th e table. a_ . . Mr, WHlTnitina presented the second Petition aa which was to - the same effea-asabe for Mer. a •• • Mr. WILLIAM SMITH said he could not refrain from saying a few words. He-agreed in opinion: i with, his Hon. Friend, and concurred in the prin ciples laid down in the petition, which were just t and well tounded. If the House shut their eyes against the prayers of the petition, the Catholics .. I could not expea to be emancipated. He was'against i the word toleration, as it implied at fo-bearincelo • ad where there was no right, as the liberty , of cOn. science could not be uncontrouled. , - . •-• The Petition was ordered to lie'on the. table. LORD COLLINGIVOOD.• - Mr. Yount rose, in ,porsuancesof the .netice he bad given,sto move•—a` That an humble ,Ac'leas be ' *presented -to his Majesty, that he be ,graciously . pleased to have a monument erected, with a suitable • inscription, to the memory of the late Lerd Colliag a wood, in St. Paul's - Cathedral, fot the gallant and clstinguished services rendered to : his cottony, and that House wourdemake good thee.i.pences of • • 4 the same." . Mr: WYNNE observed, thai though a monument was votedto be created 1 7 years ago to Atte memory of - Lord Rodney, yet it had not yerbnireitere-tf.' The motion wasataut and agreed to n.entaraa: a ...a . PRIVILEGES OP PARLIAMENT.. • Mr. W. WYN NE, pursuant to übtice, called the attentiooot ; the Hdose,to a sabjett whi . eh lie:Niiished had obtained aanore 4bleadaocate. 'L'he House was - to conside . r the,daogerous situation, in which it was Placed ; a notice of an aaion at law had been, ex 'pressly served on the Speaker;of the House of Com awns and entered, on the Journals. The. Coirimittee which had' been 4ppuinte.!, : to sepia the course the House was to pursue, declared that the notices served oft the Speaker• and - the Serjeant at Arms . were breaches of 'its privileges, and advised the, Speaker to plead ~at . the -Bar of the Court, vahich . otherwise would not be informed of the' patine of the circumstance's ; the. House, it it pieasvd, might, commit the . Solicitor who served the ildtice-;-at all events, it should 'give leave to-the Speakeiaatad a Ser-' jeant to plead. In the latter the E-foilse :concurred, bat not in the former; ,he 'did not say that thos e . actions intended to d e st ro y t h a t w i t h out whidi I tlie.. House could not exist;'- , •Tlie Coma , ittee .4-olared; them to be larsfatiltes bf . privileges a_yet the House. passed them over,as if it -was a legal, allowahleS'and laudable course which - had been ,parsaud...a The- Speaker and Serj . eanta - avena'anferelrciireetett ttarpla pear. He asked- .a , ould- mar one be-atari sa'ase4- s after tfiis, if Gale kites V;ra7.its direeTrgO - licitor to prose. cute the House, -for' proceedings of which it is the sole tribunal.. If an Habeas Corpus had beets ailed, the Sithcitor would not haveh'Oeu‘spiocetaled a s gaiust, for the case it quite dittereau; . by ::ii.Aa ,;i, 'Pritlia men!, the s olici.tor4si k ot;Supplit e o.t o kralat The au thorhy of the Coantilittata. ;Os in the power cilahe I jailor even to Siie it. - In the mist.. jealous times, the ! Journals appear covered with precedents.' of the 1 House uniformly resenting sock adions, It - was i determined that any one prosecuting in breach of 1 privilege, should be 'considered himself guilty of a 1 bleach •of privilege ;, this was .agreea to by every ' 1 successive Parliarnent, . it has remained the same I since the Bill of Rights, 'arid was always consider e d I the foundation and bulwark of Parliament. The -Gentlemen opposite say, that the question will be set at rest by the tribunal to which it is appealed ; is the I Court of King's Bench a trib un al to' appeal 16 ? front whence there is a ire nsition to the Lords. 'lf this is the casea - what is this House to do ? is it to go. be t tore the Peers, by - 4' . writ of error ? to .Submit to':ihe very enemies with Which it had always to contend ? He conceived it to be a most dangerous precadant,_ ! ; that s the 'House, With its, eyea open; should consent totting the question of its privileges before' . the, Court of King's Bench. . However, twin the high opinion be entertained of the :Learned' Judge .valio presided,its that Coors, he was confident the decision would be in favoUr of the Houses- He held, that'if any Jude was to deeide . aaaisiat the privileges of.the House, it had,a right traga , to/the, extremity of the .. power it .ptassessed„alsa(ottapirfonient, - Many might say that this was nor nut4.lVditine for urging these arguments; that'thar bogittio have been ad ... •• • , . Vatned w:,ett the flit, neti3O s'a-S-sel&cilaaaiaith.res petit to this„, it - shou4d-be.tecollekte,‘thittaheatietice . was nut served on rite Saeakereabot,prt ,the in.:lna ' dual. 'lbis was such a catel'4,thg..il:-"Z*;llo'Preue* dent , .existed, the -'Hous e west, aitsv.: b/tijaiSi la; ISfek • e a one, it about.' do every thing tcapreact veaat . froth ‘Ck . -., grad`' ei •. or . itsfamy,', :There waa• - : - anattlter• - cOoTae s , stnat of :takinwaway alelhe prtZeedinb....lftliVe to- the breach of PriililegeS-: • IVilli ; ruspe4 - 4.46:..§ii• F., ; - Burdett, be woUrdhaae:been ashaitied, Or had he en any other • vbfe tbara . ..tiu4 fOr'hia.cZinaiiijte s sl; , . Ttiese •avere•circurnatanc ea •whi c h- ot ig•htoiot tcagosdbia-st to, posterity, without sOmealouce beiAgtaleeifitf . :thent; „they will. otiterwise be considered havq)e4§,.-:fiiin g s . • had . now gale . tote rip -fair ConciliationSa ;Thoalia.whoa . attefided theHott z •e, for'Alle.purp - O3el i dtinajZilig' a it -in the estimation- of. the:people, a.aosSilstuacasslliiitka , `that it aderlatl'oni 1 00 , it no notice was, iailcan . oktie: . `aeiionS, tilt: ou s t) , way sti, do avinctia'atS , iai by..coptilit 7; ; fug the - Attoriaey awl . all,:coutierned . lii - triti7go . sl'Vekj-.' - inv. - - Ire Was 'ttir., ft•tmii . thnil:org ..the..ques4.`ph.. Would be.'riet at it:still:ate Kiiiies.Beetli:ettle'Hpilse,. ssouid have to aake the chance of ,the 4ii'lges , ;.ild' - the temper of the HO•taase.of Lord, It that- ware iil lowed would tire 11G.ise" stintaxin, , a'Atiti;V"” to ; its , Bar, or-could it prevent that:witness from priaVaril. cane' ) the aline was now collie firmly to claim the p:Mregeslianded down hfrour ancestors.:' The ies pactable and teflecting . pitit, a of the coinfkunity 'cat-, only reseed ,aliii :HouSe so far aaait respects-nself.a— Tae flouse shoold , recolko. the:: man 'who pur sued his ,conasia• firm. : and - unbending, ivlioe spirit rose when that of thoanation was. sunk to its, lowest ebb, when it was disgraced, alidFretiCh roisa siunalies were in our -streets, be-lhen stood for and raised•the spirits of his , country by his own. We have seen in seven,yearS war no petition for peace, nor lia've we heard complaints of suffer ings; to him, to his lamented friend, w a s this to be ast:rib d. ,(The , Honourable Member was very . much all'eacd.) Were.he l)eic now, 11.. i would stand op in this cause, with a straits of eloquence anci lustration which no -one could imitate.; to imit,do his detertr.invion was in the power of every one he trusted that his spirit would this night hover ore, them, and inspire their decisions. There appeare° no instance of an attack on the ,Privileges of the House which was not succeeded by a declaration. -- ' The first resolution he intended proposing would be of sane passed in 1780—" Resolved, that who' ever...119311,d presume to commence. a prosecution against the Speaker or Serjeant for acting in obedi ence to the House, suet; person is guilty of a breach r . ptillegeo He proposed then two it appears that actions have been instituted by Sir Burdett against the. Right Hon. Charles Abbot, so d John Col Mare, Esq: for acts done in obedience 19 this_ House." `.‘,..That the pruper Officer of the car! of King's . Bench be summoned to attend at the 1 3 a - • orthe HOUTi"iii7ircOirow, with all the I,roceedill already instituted." . . On the first resolution being read, . The CHANCELLOR of the. EXCHEQUER Said, fL.h it ,he did not thi n k it necessary to a d opt t hi s resolu tion;- it *ould' be a dired •contradittion to the lion to wbielLit_applied. The ..1-fon, .Gentlettol founded his arguments :on a proposition which 11 ' would' iit;tiy.; 'The /louse was to pursue - a' partioy. lar course notaaecause there had been a breach of privil&ge, , but for the purpose of establishing a eel tam foundation: if it was not necessary 'for . th e House. to exercise its :Privileges, it 'was competen' to •use ifs discretion on the subjed,-and to know the Tway it should a&. In.the allusion the Hoe. GeV detrain made to the Habensicoros rlCt, t,c untor: tuisately- mentioned -the-only circumstance 'will"' icoold tend' to create n doubt. He said that !b e ' HoUse was• supposed not to know the Solicitor, boc that even the could sue the writ ; if any at e was to sue in ignorariCe; it could not be the. Jailor , • for he must necessarily be acquainted - with the War rant, ,and of coUrse_ with the autlibrity of the corn . mittal 7 —lie is therefore gitilty of a breach of p 0 ; i : lege ; but in fa& isthe very establishing that case.in - which it may be broken; It was a .questi°," l of Hgb tOf (..(r)-iel k oil gal pri;ce e ding. H e c ollo-al''' . ed, theref ore , notwithstanding the deeial of, tee Hon. gentlemato• that the cases remained analogou s cliscreiionary ... p7t;:.treise of Prisilega' was not °' qoestion for di.seussitin: The Hon. Gentleinah pro ceeded to 'state, that when.brought un !er notic e,., i there pastiothiiig ttedo tint to vindicate them. It: had no doubt o f th e p ro priety of this; eet„he thoug ht ' when the que'st'ion .Was brought ftevard, the-1 - 1 01) ! ° iSl'ou)d be incomptent'to decide. The Hon. Gentl e ' man _put-the tioestion..,what was fo be done in the 01(1;1'4 King's, Bench should decide iagainst fife • House':. 13 restleaftit.4i3‘ r. lied on tlreau.t ice the Court. He..a.eke.;l, if i.a C - tse the decis;on the. Lord fliC,fibOtollgif WAAI S•iff m aVt)tibk, would House commit ltiilt ? He nevi 4 •kiieW 'l?rt instance of ,a 'Lord of Parliament or a Judge, the .4sch.4 l b' • 'of hl4 in- his. Court-, -being committed; l,, • such a case he woli1:1 rattier prefer an irnoac a i , mem,. for any:abandohnient of duty. The choice 9.1 'the two roads was not Iti , be mate on thesaine stWP sirblitif the ta ibneal . gdny. 'The • flr i ; then*s•Sia - gestei his iateinion of the Otlikrof the•Coto t• ty the Bar, and taking ir' l o hitn file proceedings on the. Roll. He shoUld reso" these •resoltitioba;and recoiled he was about to p o r, , sue a.course in violation of decorum, and all prete , ie dent. 'He hived to have seen . a Hotiourau'o. Geittlernan sitting near the HonOurable Moi.er, 01 ' on a farrier occasienenteredintist full,. into tins S tib '. i tti jed . , and catne to .a decision, that IT e House oe u a ci t. to adopt no other course than that it , now porsoere He conceived that the - House should do no 1 110 than it had done, in th e p r e s e n t Session, a s to °"', impression of fear or timidity. They bad been b e j. fore accused .of rashness ; he however appreheO ro , that they had acted consistently throughout. best way was forthe House not. to take the quesi l l c in, its own hands, out bring le under the cooside' tion of another Court. NT. 4Daast..stated,.by authority,: that his -RI Honortrauten lend (Mr. Folisorday) did not cood y . oo his speech as : had b e en sa id. I t wa s hi s oPi n er , that the.Privilegesef the House were to be 39C rr y. tamed on reciard; and he hid abundantly corn' of •ed his assertion.. His - a b sence w occasioned o l , illness in his family. Th e admi.ting of the ael. ° oo is a proof that, ik can b e ,br o ught t o t h e d es trocl' io of tthe Privileges of the House, and is Like vi o, san&ioned by permittina the Speaker to Pl e „,,, jf atiy Meibber stoodtup on the toolion for the co, mittal Of Sji . Fiancis Burdett, and said that if he be s ietit. to tfie . .7,104•er, au action would be ko (Ig a? _against the Speaker, bow would he have b e en tr eat Nt(Oidd lie not have been co, sid e r e d an eneloYd ibf Constitution and the Privileg e s o f th e ki(" 3s s i. • the Riga Hon'. Gentleman had ar g ued on the os , niilarity ,of the case with - that of the Habeas Co' P e. Compare it •with the notices of the action, and _r„ inertibtit - 't riat - for ,the first time in the hist o ry of - 6 7 0 , land such an adicio against the - Spedker is to-be d 0 0 corded. It is ,not, possible that they can stan to the same grounds ; it is ,not at all similar • to cases of Alderm?n Oliver and Bras Crosby. Sl r 0 . Btirdat, in serving the, action., was . guilty of e u pf the House. The course of proceeding!:, the lige! had beenadopted, aid . not _for the G,. u o j tempt;-0'; The dodeine of his Right Hon. Friend le ) - inistaken. For his part lie agreed w ti ij • the• first's resolution, for the temainder; he vo o f neoperhaps contend, in consideration of the si te : the . miads the people,, and the w terferiog With the Courts of Justice. By th e be ).eSointion.What had already been done would D e . th , Isla to a the rescinded: - Ifthe I-louse was to be prorogued w' se fl oat an assertion of its Pro ileges, it might can s -alto the Cotisiit utiott: - „ ha t The SoLICITOH-GENERAL was o f opinion , t io t t one of the resolutions could nor be adopted wi ll ai 'therest ; the House' should go to the lull eXte" mpUnging all the proceedings, or not erase on e ' o f vain vas it said that picy consalted the dignity ion i, the kfouse, by fulminating abroad abstral opin t bjs if they Were:not deteriniti,d to follow them 11 P. 13 i er• course wiiiieither to be pursued, or that of not I se , ferieg at all. It was not so to let ti e, i to shins' crose without aboidoning the dignity, 0 1 . ..„, House•;'i_ifthtisoad .whwever is the consequen i ci o a, He conceived that the arguments of his Right Ad Frieed were 'well founded, in-lisped to the anoi o _ of this case to the Habeas Corpus . Ad, winch. b 7,. be teethed tube direct-. It was &Ad that it could 0 ' 1. / ../6' so, as the Habeas Corpus was a writ of right:. `askod.... Wag Pith n u rio 4 e ivi